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package org.openhie.openempi.stringcomparison.metrics;

import org.openhie.openempi.model.FieldType.FieldTypeEnum;

public interface DistanceMetric
{
	public enum OutputType {
		Distance,
		Similarity
	}
	
	public double score(Object string1, Object string2);
	
	public String getName();
	
	public void setName(String name);

	public FieldTypeEnum getInputType();

	public void setInputType(FieldTypeEnum inputType);

	public OutputType getOutputType();

	public void setOutputType(OutputType outputType);

	public void setParameters(java.util.Map<String, Object> parameterMap);
	
	public void setParameter(String key, Object value);
	
	public Object getParameter(String key);
}
